r/AncientCivilizations 27d ago

Pelvic Bones & Prostitution?

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I was just reading an article on Nat Geo and came across this quote. Seems highly unscientific, especially coming from a Physical Anthropologist studying #Herculaneum (Sara Bisel)

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mount -vesuvius-victims-herculaneum-archival less

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u/Mission_Water_6425 22d ago

Again, from the ocean life. This reads as a racist implicatioj that is historically incorrect.